How to Install Gradle on CentOS 8

Gradle is an open-source build tool for the automation of applications. The Gradle helps developers team to build, automate and deliver software easier and faster. This tutorial will help you to install Gradle on CentOS 8 and RHEL 8 Linux system.

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Prerequisites

The Gradle requires Java 8 or higher version installed on system. Generally CentOS system have default installed Java version on it. to run Java 8 or higher version. Make sure you have java installed on your CentOS and RHEL 6 system or use following command to install it.

sudo dnf install java-11-openjdk

Verify installed Java version on your system.

java -version

openjdk version "11.0.6" 2020-01-14 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.6+10-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.6+10-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)

Install Gradle on CentOS 8

Once you installed Java on your system. Download the latest Gradle distribution release binary file from its official download page.

wget https://downloads.gradle-dn.com/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip

Then extract the downloaded archive and place it to the proper location. Generally, I used /usr/local directory for storing applications. You can use alternative directory like /opt.

unzip gradle-6.3-bin.zip
mv gradle-6.3 /usr/local/gradle

Gradle has been configured on your system.

Setup Environment Variable

Now, you need to setup Gradle with PATH environment variable, Also make sure the variable is set after system reboot.

Place a shell script under profile.d directory to set PATH variable on reboot. Create a file like below:

vim /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh

and add the below line to file

export PATH=/usr/local/gradle/bin:$PATH

Save file and close it. Now source the script to apply environment for current shell.

source /etc/profile.d/gradle.sh

And you have done the Grandle installation on CentOS/RHEL 8 system.

Test Gradle Version

Once you finished the Gradle installation, let’s check the installed version on your system.

gradle -v

Output

------------------------------------------------------------
Gradle 6.3
------------------------------------------------------------

Build time:   2020-03-24 19:52:07 UTC
Revision:     bacd40b727b0130eeac8855ae3f9fd9a0b207c60

Kotlin:       1.3.70
Groovy:       2.5.10
Ant:          Apache Ant(TM) version 1.10.7 compiled on September 1 2019
JVM:          11.0.6 (Oracle Corporation 11.0.6+10-LTS)
OS:           Linux 4.18.0-147.3.1.el8_1.x86_64 amd64

If you see the results like above, means Gradle is successfully installed and configured on your CentOS 8 system.